Ribbon reel



1,62 795 May 17, 1927. J 5. MAY 8,

mason mm Filed May 1, 192

i INVENTCR 20757 4 17 EMJjZZZ: I

I BY

I MATTORNEY Patented May 17, 1927.

UN [TED .{iS TATEIS y." T E N T F F [(3 JOSEPH S; MAYQOIF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

. IBiIBBOIBll REEL.

Application filedmtay 1,

. Thisinvention relates to reels upon which mllltty be wound .ribhons or other articles.

The main object of the invention is to pro-.

vide a reel which shall. be of strong con struction but which shall be simple and in expensive to manufacture.

. sired, scorin Other and ancillary objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

. i [In the: accompanyings drawings which. illustrate the. invention Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a reel e1nbody ng the invention;

Fig. 2 1s a similar view of a partly-assenn bled reel Fig. 3 is aplan'v'ie'w of a scored sheet troin which certain of the reel parts may be formed;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a scored sheet from which other parts of the reel may be formed;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a 1Il()(lltied crmstruction of reel;

Fig. 6 is a view of one side of the sheet from which the reel of Fig. 5 is formed; and

Fig. 7 is a view of the opposite side of the sheet of Fig. (3 from that shown in the figure last referred to.

Referring to the drawings and first to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the blank 1 of Fig. 3 is a sheet of pasteboard scored along lines 2 and 3 a short distance from the edges of the sheet. This blank may be made by tak' ing as long a strip of pasteboard as hidea it longitudinally on the lines 2 and 3 and then cutting off the blanks at the edges 4 and 5, to such a length as to produce the desired size of blank. It is to,be noted that the edges 4 and 5 are produced by a strai ht transversecut so that the blanks may be very readily and cheaply formedby feeding strips of pastepoard 1nto a scoring machine which may be associated with a straight knife cutter so that the scored blanks of a proper size will be received from the cutter without other attention from the operator than feeding the pasteboard strips into the machine.

To form the reel two blanks as shown in Fig. 3 are placed together with the scored faces inward and are glued together between the scores. The portions outside the Scores are then turned outwardly at right angles to form the article as shown in Fig. 2 whence it will be seen that the flames 6 and 7 extend outward atright ang es to the body portion 8 of one piece, while the flanges 9 1923. i i. Serial Nos 635,870.

and .10 extend outwardl at right angles to the body portion 11, tiie body portions 8 and 11 being glued together and the flanges referred to bcingbent about the scored lines.

To the outside of the flanges 6 and 9 on the one hand, the flanges 7 and 10 on the other hand, are glued the pasteboard strips 12 H and 13 formed from the blank as shown in The blank as shown in Fig, 4, like that shown. in Fig. 3 may be formed from-an indefinitely long piece of pasteboard by. scoring it along the lines '14 and 15 and cutting off suitable lengths at the edges 16 and 17. Here. as in the case of the blank shown in Fig. 3, the cutting edges 16 and 17 are straight and at right angles to the lateral edges 18 and 1.9 of the strip so that all of the cutting may be done by a straight edged knife and blanks may be formed by feeding pasteboard strips into a scoring machine operating in conjunction with a straight cutting knife to cut off the desired blanks. ()ne of the side strips as 12 is applied to the member as shown in Fig. 2 by gluing it to the outside of one pair of flanges as 9 and (i, and the end portions 20 and 21 are bent inwardly about the scores 18 and 19 and glued flatly against the inside of the side strip 12, the portions 20 and 21 substantially meeting the ends of the flanges 9 and 6 and being flush therewith. The side 13 is formed in a similar way from a similar blank. The result is a reel which is stiff and strong when completed, and which is formed in an inexpensive and simple manner as set forth. It is to be observed that the Whole is formed from simple pieces scored indefinitely in straight lines and formed by straight trans verse cuts so that no special dies or other expensive apparatus are necessary to the manufacture.

Referring now to Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, the reel as shown in 5 is formed from a single blank as shown in Fig. 6. This comprises a sheet having the recesses 22 and 23 on one side and similar recesses 2-1 and 25 on the other side and is scored upon the side viewed in this figure on the lines 26, 27, 28 and 29.

Upon the opposite face of this blank as shown in Fig. 7 the material is scored upon the lines 30, 31, 32 and 33. It will be observed that this blank may be formed by running a pasteboard strip through a scoring machine to form the scores as shown in Fig. 6 and then turned over and scored as shown in Fig. 7. The blank may then be formed by bending the parts toward each other about the scorings 27 and 28 until the part 34 between the scorings 30 and 31 and the part 35 between the scorings 32 and 33 are brought together as shown in Fig. 5. The portions 34 and 35 are glued together and also the parts 36 and 37 are glued to the part 38 forming the outer side of the reel side. The part 39 is bent outwardly about the score 30 and its outward portion 40 is bent inwardly about the score 26, the parts 39 and 40 being glued together. Also the part 41 is bent outwardly about the score 29, lying against the part 40 to which it is glued; the result is a strong, stiff and durable structure well adapted to the purposes for which it is intended, and which is made from a simply made blank of a single piece.

While the invention has been illustrated in what are considered its best applications it may have other embodiments without departing from its spirit and is not, therefore, limited to the structures shown in the drawings.

\Vhat I claim is:

A reel formed of sheet material comprising two substantially rectangular parts each scored parallel to opposite edges, portions between said scorings being secured to each other, flange portions bent outwardly and side pieces secured to said flange portions extending beyond both ends thereof and having integral portions bent inwardly upon the inner sides of the side portions and secured thereto beyond the ends of the first two mentioned parts whereby the flange portions and the side pieces extending beyond the ends of the last mentioned portions are made substantially flush upon the inside of the reel to prevent catching of the ribbon or other wound material upon the reel.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification this 28th day of April, 1923.

JOSEPH S. MAY. 

